Experts

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Political Scientist

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

PhD in Political Science

Independent expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University